Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Rigadon]

Pretty incredible to end up being favourites for a CL spot when our incomings over the past year have been so poor.

Yep.  It shows again how amazing our core squad has been over the last few years, as was also evidenced when we lost a few of them for a couple of months this season. 

[Olneythelonely]

Whilst I agree about the core of the squad, I think what it mainly shows is the utter genius of Unai.

[Dave]

Whilst I agree about the core of the squad, I think what it mainly shows is the utter genius of Unai.

While those things are the most important, I think you can also add that had Spurs / Chelsea / Liverpool not all completely shat the bed (relative to the resources) at a convenient time for us then with a similar season we could be sixth right now and still be very happy with how well the season was going.

[Dante Lavelli]

Wilson IN Bailey OUT and £20k better off in wages each week.   It's a no brainer to me, and I don't expect Wilson to be that great either.

The difficulty will be shifting Bailey. Even then, there's some cash down the back of the sofa from Elliot and Sanchos loans ending.

[TheToffnar]

Whilst I agree about the core of the squad, I think what it mainly shows is the utter genius of Unai.

While those things are the most important, I think you can also add that had Spurs / Chelsea / Liverpool not all completely shat the bed (relative to the resources) at a convenient time for us then with a similar season we could be sixth right now and still be very happy with how well the season was going.

Yep. We've done well, but dumb luck has played it's part as much as anything this season, particularly since January. 6 or 7 weekends where results going our way has kept us in it.